My
first experience in a heavy traffic
jam was both a test of patience and a test of inspiration. I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic. That traffic
really made me feel tired. At some point, the cars stayed in gridlock for more than an hour. I
started to get irritated. At that
moment, I remembered that a guy from Moscow managed to learn many different
languages in traffic jams simply by listening to CDs. Since, I didn’t bring any
CDs with me and I didn’t have mobile Internet, I decided to turn on the radio.
The news was just horrible: Everything
went up in flames; palls of smoke; blazing, raging fires… I couldn’t
stand it anymore and turned off the radio. Then I decided that this is a
wonderful opportunity. I could use that situation as an inspiration for a new
song. So here we go :-)

I’M SINGING (by Dimita)

I’m in bumper-to-bumper
traffic,

in gridlock

But I’m not grind to a
halt

I’m
singing

I’m
singing

about the heavy
traffic

I’m
singing

about blazing,
raging fires

about the saddening
atmosphere

I’m
singing

about
the carelessness of the
people,

the deliberate disregard

of the long-term
consequences

I’m
singing

about the palls of
smoke

that obscure the
scene

The
palls of smoke

of
egoism and greed

I’m
singing

:-)

You may think I was crazy, but I was happy. I just
sang my heart out.

After
three hours, I was finally able to get out of the town. As I was approaching the
suburbs, I saw a beautiful landscape. My car sped along the dusty highway to that
idyllic landscape. When I reached that place, however, I started to choke. Even though the windows of my
car were closed, I still could feel the intolerable stench of the open dump.
There were discarded household goods
burst open and spilled out everywhere. The stifling atmosphere was disgusting.
That open dump marred an otherwise
idyllic landscape. But I smiled and thought - Another inspiration for a song, right?
:-) What would you say?